This paper used as the main research tool a survey on Bucharest residents aged 65 and over, aiming to identify their main preferences and limitations regarding recreational activities and leisure tourism.

An article on active aging stating that our focus is on aging as part of a whole /if e rather than on a static age group set apart from the rest of the population.

The analysis intersects the three groups of constraints – intrapersonal, interpersonal and structural – with three strands of uncertainty faced by seniors – travel uncertainty, financial uncertainty and mobility uncertaintyand corresponding social support adjustments: personal support mechanisms and instrumental support mechanisms. The proposed model shows that travel social support is of central importance for effectively negotiating the travel constraints in social tourism for seniors.

Discusses ethical aspects of sustainable development embraced by older members of rural communities, and closely connected with the supply and demand sides of the silver tourism economy. The study revealed that the supply side of the silver tourism economy in rural areas was more developed than the demand side. Emphasis on the need for natural, cultural, social and economic resources (associated with the supply side) to support the demand side of the rural tourism market. Indication that ethical values and norms of sustainable development are important for the silver tourism economy.

Concerned with redistributing tourists from overcrowded areas to rural areas. on line survey of Australians 50+ to understand rural tourism Different motivations in the different contexts.

Effects of marketing on European senior tourists and effects on facilities and on Iranian older people.

Data collected facilitated the identification of four senior tourist clusters based on sociodemographic and psychographic differences. Various theoretical and managerial implications are presented.

The study initiates an original inquiry into the motivations of senior tourism in China, a developing country which witnesses the fastest rate of aging in the world and is at the same time emerging as a global tourism superpower. Further, the study puts forward eight propositions, each of which is discussed in reference to extant tourism motivation literature.

This study was designed to identify distinct segments within the senior motorcoach traveler market. Appropriate marketing strategies were recommended for tour operators to target each segment effectively.

Characteristics and Travel Patterns of Older Australians: Impact of Population Ageing on Tourism.